progress toward achieving them. We will file a revised electric generation resource plan, identifying our approach to supporting electric customer demand for the next 20 years, by the end of 2018, following an extensive stakeholder engagement process. PARTNERS IN OUR COMMUNITIES The work we do to better serve customers can impact local wildlife habitats – but we are careful to manage the impact in the right way. For example, NIPSCO’s major electric transmission line projects are designed to improve service reliability and access to renewable energy, but they can also impact bat, bird and other wildlife habitats. We partnered with three conservation land trusts 13 in northern Indiana to acquire or restore more than 540 acres of land along reservoirs, rivers and old-growth forest, including partnering with Shirley Heinze Land Trust to restore Lydick Bog, a rare and unique habitat. We value our continued partnerships with these land trusts. Not only will this land be restored, it will be protected and available for the enjoyment of the communities we serve for years to come. We’re also committed to cleaning up sites that are no longer in service. We have made significant progress on the decommissioning of the D.H. Mitchell Generating Station in Gary, Indiana, which ceased operations in 2002, and we’re remediating manufactured gas plant (MGP) sites throughout our footprint. A LONG, WORTHY PROCESS We’ve been working to clean up manufactured gas plant (MGP) sites for decades. Addressing environmental issues is often the first step in turning unusable and unsightly spaces into valuable community properties. In Portsmouth, Virginia, a former MGP site became a multiacre park near the riverfront, decked out with naval and coastal artifacts celebrating local history. In Hammond, Indiana, we helped to restore a portion of the Grand Calumet River, and in Northampton, Massachusetts, a former MGP site became a distinctive office building (see right). It can take as many as 20 years to completely finish a site. Working with state and federal environmental agencies, we’ve completed 17 of more than 60 sites, with most of the remaining sites in various stages of the clean-up process.